I have only had positive experiences with persimmon trees. I found two trees about 50 yds from each other andwhen they dropped, they didn't stay on the ground for very long at all. The deer would actually smell around for themand look up into the trees waiting for the persimmons to drop.

A friend of mine has hunted under a persimmon tree that was under 8-9 inches of swamp water and said that the deer woulddunk their heads under water searching for the persimmons.